90 _Martian_ days, which are a little longer than Earth days. Still, as you said, it's been going for over 2200 days. The mission was definitely a huge success, and we've learned a lot more about not only Mars, but Earth as well.
BTW, thanks for the pics. I hadn't seen the Martian sunrise one.
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The problem started up again on the next boot after Iposted that. You're right about it being the CMOSbattery. I'm looking into a replacement right now.
Thanks for the help!
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Any idea how would I go about figuring out if that's what it is?
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Definitely not! I learned that lesson after the time I accidentally my whole filesystem!
My ThinkPad had some trouble too.
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When I booted it the next day the hardware clock thought it was 1987, and it couldn't mount the filesystem. In the console I eventually got to I found all my stuff was fine and the filesystem was mounted, but the firmwarewasn't seeing it. I manually the hardware clock and it hasn't had any problems since.
I was in the field when it happened, so the whole thing scared the shit out of me. I shudder thinking of what will happen come 03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, 19 January 2038.
To make FB usable for its original purpose you have to block and hide metric f*cktonnes of spam from friends who wanted to find out what Harry Potter character they are or who think some picture of an egg (with free spam subscription!) is a nice gift to send a friend. Add to that the significant loss of privacy that comes with actually posting anything; I'd cancel my account right away if FB weren't the only way I can keep up with some of my friends and family.
Use it to run XP Piratebay Edition and Slackware 13, both mostly for experimenting on. The only problems I've found are the lack of a simple way to share files between them, the complete inability to install BSD due to cascading segfaults (which is weird since it'll practically run on a toaster), and the fact that I have to exit fullscreen and click outside the window to switch to another workspace in my host OS (Ubuntu). Other than those three things, I've found it pretty decent.
An acquaintance of mine who is the stereotypical obsessed Mac fan swears by Parallels, and it does look nice, but the proprietary license and price tag put me right off.
If you're searching something sensitive, use yauba.com or another anonymous search engine. Use Tor to hide your trail. Regularly delete cookies you don't need to keep. Use a different email provider if you are sending sensitive information and use IRC private channels for chatting. In Chrome, uncheck the box that says "send usage statistics" and disable web history at www.google.com/history/ and opt-out of the advertising tracing cookie. If privacy is really what you're most worried about, I'd be more concerned about your ISP, since they can see all your packets at the start point.
NoScript helps with some things, but your best option with Google is the tracking cookie opt-out that Google provides here: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/plugin/ Either that or use another search engine. Cookie Monster and BetterPrivacy addons are useful too.
start writing new documentation! Start on the stuff you do know about and see if anyone on the forums is interested in writing docs on their areas of expertise. That's how things get done in Linux.
Ithink Chrome's window border messes with Compiz (Iuse GNOME with Ubuntu). The panel on the bottom of my screen disappeared when I ran Chromium. I had to restart Compiz after closing Chromium to get it back.
Flash OTOH . ..
I've gotten Flash working just fine. Do you have more than one package for it installed? It won't work if there are multiple Flash packages installed.
even in Virtualbox. The rest is rather disappointing though. It's just a full screen web-browser and nothing else. If you want more than that you'd be better off with Ubuntu Netbook Remix or another mini Linux distro. I would have much preferred a stable Linux build of the Google Chrome browser.
Started as a side project to combat feature creep and bloating, now it has ~ 24% usage share and countless useful addons (those kind of bring back feature creep, but at least it's voluntary). It's really the community and the addon creators who have made it what it is today.
Canvas is definitely a step in the right direction, but it's nowhere near a full replacement. Canvas won't really help either unless people *use it*. The only way to replace Flash is to make its use so rare that there's no need to even have the plugin installed.
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90 _Martian_ days, which are a little longer than Earth days. Still, as you said, it's been going for over 2200 days. The mission was definitely a huge success, and we've learned a lot more about not only Mars, but Earth as well.
BTW, thanks for the pics. I hadn't seen the Martian sunrise one.
The problem started up again on the next boot after Iposted that. You're right about it being the CMOSbattery. I'm looking into a replacement right now.
Thanks for the help!
Any idea how would I go about figuring out if that's what it is?
Definitely not! I learned that lesson after the time I accidentally my whole filesystem!
When I booted it the next day the hardware clock thought it was 1987, and it couldn't mount the filesystem. In the console I eventually got to I found all my stuff was fine and the filesystem was mounted, but the firmwarewasn't seeing it. I manually the hardware clock and it hasn't had any problems since.
I was in the field when it happened, so the whole thing scared the shit out of me. I shudder thinking of what will happen come 03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, 19 January 2038.
we won't have to worry about the Unix 2038 problem.
Hjärtliga gratulationer på födelsedagen Linus Torvalds!
I hope that's grammatically correct...
No, they aren't working for me. These people never check their emails, and I hate talking on the phone.
There's also the fact that sometimes I want to keep in touch without giving away my real email adddress or my mobile #.
To make FB usable for its original purpose you have to block and hide metric f*cktonnes of spam from friends who wanted to find out what Harry Potter character they are or who think some picture of an egg (with free spam subscription!) is a nice gift to send a friend. Add to that the significant loss of privacy that comes with actually posting anything; I'd cancel my account right away if FB weren't the only way I can keep up with some of my friends and family.
Isn't that a bit like saying "I hate those cigarette companies! I'm quitting smoking" when you've never had a cigarette in your life?
Use it to run XP Piratebay Edition and Slackware 13, both mostly for experimenting on. The only problems I've found are the lack of a simple way to share files between them, the complete inability to install BSD due to cascading segfaults (which is weird since it'll practically run on a toaster), and the fact that I have to exit fullscreen and click outside the window to switch to another workspace in my host OS (Ubuntu). Other than those three things, I've found it pretty decent. An acquaintance of mine who is the stereotypical obsessed Mac fan swears by Parallels, and it does look nice, but the proprietary license and price tag put me right off.
If you're searching something sensitive, use yauba.com or another anonymous search engine. Use Tor to hide your trail. Regularly delete cookies you don't need to keep. Use a different email provider if you are sending sensitive information and use IRC private channels for chatting. In Chrome, uncheck the box that says "send usage statistics" and disable web history at www.google.com/history/ and opt-out of the advertising tracing cookie. If privacy is really what you're most worried about, I'd be more concerned about your ISP, since they can see all your packets at the start point.
NoScript helps with some things, but your best option with Google is the tracking cookie opt-out that Google provides here: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/plugin/ Either that or use another search engine. Cookie Monster and BetterPrivacy addons are useful too.
My dream of origami batteries is closer to realisation!
Not that it's going to be my main browser, I just wanted a Linux build to muck around with that doesn't break Metacity, dammit!
maybe I wouldn't have opted out as soon as I figured out what Beacon was ;-P
start writing new documentation! Start on the stuff you do know about and see if anyone on the forums is interested in writing docs on their areas of expertise. That's how things get done in Linux.
Flash OTOH . . .
I've gotten Flash working just fine. Do you have more than one package for it installed? It won't work if there are multiple Flash packages installed.
even in Virtualbox. The rest is rather disappointing though. It's just a full screen web-browser and nothing else. If you want more than that you'd be better off with Ubuntu Netbook Remix or another mini Linux distro. I would have much preferred a stable Linux build of the Google Chrome browser.
I'm disappointed, but I guess since I already have GIMP and won't be buying an install disc any time soon, I can't complain. Plus, it's free.
Started as a side project to combat feature creep and bloating, now it has ~ 24% usage share and countless useful addons (those kind of bring back feature creep, but at least it's voluntary). It's really the community and the addon creators who have made it what it is today.
Canvas is definitely a step in the right direction, but it's nowhere near a full replacement. Canvas won't really help either unless people *use it*. The only way to replace Flash is to make its use so rare that there's no need to even have the plugin installed.
than to see a free, open replacement for Flash (okay, that might be an exaggeration). This isn't even close though.